Improvement in stencil-plates



S. W REESE. Stencil-Mates.

vN 148 087 Patented March 3,1874

UNITED STATES ATE SAMUEL W. REESE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN T. WRIGHT,

OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENTIN STENCIL-PLATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l ,087, dated March 3, 1874; application filed June 20, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL IV. REESE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Stencil-Plates, of which the tollowing' is a specification This invention has for its object to form the side edges of the plates of stencil alphabets with lock-grooves, by means of which any number of letters may be joined together to convert them into a stencil-plate; and it consists in the peculiar form of lockgroove formed in the right and left hand ends of each stencil, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stencilplate made of a number of letter-plates joined together. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view, showing the peculiar form of joint.

In the drawing, A A represent sheet-metal plates, in each one of which is cut a stencil letter of the alphabet. At the right-hand end of each plate the edge is bent over upon itself to form a single lock, a. Theleft edge of each plate is folded under itself, as at a, and that part which forms the lock is bent or raised above the plane of the plate, so that when two plates are locked together they will lie flat upon the package or object to be marked in stencil.

With one or more stencil alphabets, stencilplates can be quickly put together, and as readily taken apart,'thereby saving the cost of special stencils to shippers and others requirin g them.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The plates A, each having a stenciled letter or character, and provided with the folds or looks a a, as and for the purpose set forth.

WM. H. Lorz, ABR. GOTTLIEB.

Felon; 

